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deformer

noun
/dɪˈfɔːmə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From deform + -er.

  1. derived from dēfōrmis — “departing physically from the correct shape, deformed, malformed, misshapen, ugly; (figuratively) departing morally from the correct quality, base, disgraceful, shameful, unbecoming”
  2. derived from deforme
  3. inherited from deforme — “out of shape, deformed”
  4. suffixed as deformer — “deform + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, deforms.

    • Some may think this disingenuous as, in choosing to frame a novel as a memoir, Coetzee reveals himself as a supreme deformer of his chosen medium.
    • Many newcomers make that mistake, not adding in edgeloops, and get flummoxed a little about why the deformer doesn't work.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deformer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA